June Meeting - Agile Testing Practices

[Dustin Friel]

The next Agile Edmonton user group meeting will be on Wednesday, June
6th at noon.

Agile Testing Practices

On agile teams, testing is an activity, not a phase or a role and many
teams struggle with this concept. In this development model, where do
testers fit in agile teams? Janet Gregory explains how testing
activities are included throughout the agile process, and what value a
tester can add to the agile team. Sharing her extensive experiences,
she describes the importance of collaboration and simplicity in
activities such as automation, ATDD (Acceptance Test Driven
Development), and exploratory testing. Models such as the agile
testing quadrants give a framework to identify testing needs for not
only every story, but for features and the project. Janet presents an
overview of agile testing practices and delegates will have an
opportunity through discussions and exercises to understand how agile
practices fit together and allow teams to complete story testing
within an iteration, and deliver quality products that satisfy
business needs.

An agile testing coach and practitioner, Janet Gregory is the co-
author of Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams
and a contributor to 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know. Janet
specializes in showing agile teams how testers can add value in areas
beyond critiquing the product; for example, guiding development with
business-facing tests. For the past ten years, Janet has been working
with teams to transition to agile development, and teaches agile
testing courses and tutorials worldwide. Janet contributes articles to
publications such as Better Software, Software Test & Performance
Magazine and Agile Journal, and enjoys sharing her experiences at
conferences and user group meetings around the world. Janet was named
one of the 13 Women of Influence in testing by Software Test &
Performance magazine – January 2010 issue.

For more about Janet’s work, visit http://www.janetgregory.ca or visit
her blog at http://janetgregory.blogspot.com.

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This meeting will be held at Startup Edmonton in the Mercer Warehouse
3rd Floor, 10363 – 104 Street.

If possible, try to show up a bit before noon so that we can get
started on time. Be sure to forward this information to anybody that
would be interested.